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Death has always been there. Funny to say that people in the past didn't give a damn because they don't know anything until it happens.

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"Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man(/nature) will send his angels(/comets, radiation, virii), and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers(/You lowlifes that won't bow to our authority), and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous(/The Rich, people with power) will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen! (AKA: Do as we say and juuuust maaaaybe we'll grant you safety!)"

There was a time when it was just religious idiots trying to keep the people in check by predicting 'judgement day'

In any case, if the Asteroid hits and humanity survive, the world goverment will have a logistic nightmare on hand.

Dust will cover the atmosphere for decades, affecting the yield on the harvest of crops and the quality of drinking water. There will be outbreak of riots and certain hard measure will have to be taken for generations to come.

I'm not entirely sure nuclear methods are the most effective. If it's a "spongy" rock then explosives will have little effect. I'm also doubting the world would be friendly enough to allow unrestricted nuclear use, considering we're all hyper-cynical and would freak, believing the nukes are directed at something on the ground rather than the asteroid itself.

I'm not entirely sure nuclear methods are the most effective. If it's a "spongy" rock then explosives will have little effect. I'm also doubting the world would be friendly enough to allow unrestricted nuclear use, considering we're all hyper-cynical and would freak, believing the nukes are directed at something on the ground rather than the asteroid itself.

Change your uncertainty on the nuclear option to knowing for sure it isn't a good idea. Even assuming that every country concentrates its firepower on a large incoming asteroid or comet coupled with the absurdity of having enough ballistic strength to actually destroy the object, I heard it would only end up changing a single giant threat into numerous deadly projectiles. And this is before the effects of using a nuclear weapon is added; the smaller rocks left in the aftermath of an atomic strike is now laced with radiation and still plummeting toward the Earth.

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Do you know what's the most important thing about climbing mountains?
It's not about having the courage to challenge it
It's about having the courage to back down
~Nozomi Tōjō